Task Force Yukawa

Task Force Yukawa was a highly-classified team of Japanese Special Assault Team operatives that was formed in January 2015 in response to the Islamic State's execution of Japanese hostages Haruna Yukawa (for whom it was named) and Kenji Goto. Task Force Yukawa consisted of a classified (probably platoon-sized) number of elite SAT operatives led by Nariakira Kitao, and it was given equipment by the Japan Self-Defense Forces over time so as to not raise suspicions of its existence. In 2017, it took part in Operation Yamamoto, a raid against the Islamic State to support the YPG advance on Raqqa, and it defeated the IS militants.